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Horticultural therapy helps improve memory, cognitive abilities, task initiation, language skills, and socialization. In physical rehabilitation, horticultural therapy can help strengthen muscles and improve coordination, balance, and endurance.
Established in 1973, the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) is the only national US organization advocating for the development of the horticultural therapy profession and the practice of horticulture as therapy for human well-being.
Horticultural therapy (also known as garden therapy or social and therapeutic horticulture) involves using gardening activities to promote human healing and rehabilitation. [1] Veterans participating in Horticultural Therapy. History.
What is Horticultural Therapy? A special value of the horticultural experience is sensory stimulation. Plants, such as this elephants' foot ( Dioscorea elephantipes ) can be used in therapy to address sensory processing issues and to help individuals learn to cope with stress.
Horticultural therapy combines gardening and social services to improve the lives of people with physical and mental health problems. A horticultural therapist engages a patient in gardening and plant-based activities to achieve specific therapeutic treatment goals.
A qualified horticultural therapist is someone who is professionally registered with the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) and is designated by the professional credential HTR, Horticultural Therapist-Registered.
Our mission. “The Horticultural Therapy Institute provides education and training in horticultural therapy to those new to, or experienced with, the practice of using gardening and plants to improve the lives of others”. Our values.
